ANNAPOLIS, MD. - Jackson Fleming, 23, of Chesterton, Indiana has been federally charged with sending the online threat that led to a lockdown at the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland last week, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Indiana.

Fleming’s attorney, Jonathan Bodi, told the Associated Press that "we intend to fight these charges in court vigorously."

"No one, including Jack, should be judged by a mere accusation from the government," Bodi wrote in an email. "We are prepared to mount the strongest possible defense, and I am confident that when the complete facts emerge, Jack will be vindicated."

The backstory:

Fleming was arrested Friday on suspicion of sending an online threat through a social media application concerning the academy, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for th

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